Is the Presidential Spine Ever Arriving?

Maybe it was because I was raised at a time when an ultimatum by the President of the United States meant something and carried considerable weight. Or perhaps it is because as the United States of America we should strive to be as strong as possible and be leaders in the world. Apparently President Obama is not in that same path of belief.

Regardless of which President you talk about, none of the preceding Presidents in history have provided the shallow, confused, and just overall weak leadership President Obama has consistently and steadfastly exhibited. Today, when faced with two tremendous situations in Israel and Ukraine the President makes a five minute statement that was embarrassing to say the least. Of course it would be surprising if any world leader even paid much attention to his comments on much of anything at this point in his presidency.

Pertaining to Israel the President stated the same talking points as Secretary of State John Kerry did yesterday on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows. Of course that was after Kerry’s open-mike gaff where he stated the case that many already fear the administration has. President Obama said that the Israelis have every right to protect themselves and to destroy the tunnels Hamas has used to attack them. THEN he went on to say that now is a time for cessation of hostilities and for Israel to retract to the 2012 borders and allow for diplomacy.

Of course just a few days ago when both sides agreed to a cease-fire Israel did so while Hamas Terrorists continue to fire rockets into Israel. Now Obama wants Israel to stop their operations which will only result in allowing Hamas to regroup as it always has in the past. Let me spell it out this failure of an administration. Hamas is a terrorist organization. They are sworn to Israel’s destruction making them the equivalent of what Al Qaeda is to the United States.

Many people do not understand, but for us in the United States, and more to the point those of us in Texas, this would be the equivalent of Al Qaeda Having possession of Galveston Island, firing rockets into Texas, hiding in schools and hospitals, and using women and children as human shields all while being forced by the world community to suck it up and deal with it.

Of course with the current White House Administration, that sort of appeasement would not be too hard to believe; however, for those of us in Texas I think we would prefer to handle this a little differently; just as we are already having to on the Texas Mexico border.

So the President makes one of his grandiose statements basically saying the Israelis have the right to protect themselves; HOWEVER, now it’s time for them to stop. As ridiculous as that was, then he turns to the utter tragedy that is the downed Malaysian Airliner.

First he rightfully identifies the Russians as being directly and indirectly responsible for this incident. That was honestly well done and should be acknowledged as such. Then he states that Putin must do the following: stop the tampering of the wreckage site, grant access to international investigators, and provide for the dignified return of the bodies of these victims. All in all that was excellent…..then he blew it.

Unfortunately the President reduces the toughness of his initial indictment of Russian responsibility by then issuing yet another of his fruitless “Red Line” statements just as he has in the past and declaring that that if the Russians persist in this current direction they will continue to isolate themselves and risk a penalty that will cost them greatly……….HUH?

What does that mean? Probably nothing which is about the same thing as when he stated that there would be a dire consequences for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should he use Chemical and Biological weapons. By the way, NOTHING happened when the Syrian President allowed the use of Chemical weapons….TWICE!

Clearly Vladimir Putin is not afraid of the stupendously ignorant drivel that disguises itself for foreign policy emanating from this President and his administration. Of course what did we expect from a community organizer and self-promoter who is more concerned with campaigning, fundraising, and which club to use from 100 yards out than he is that actual running of the country?

It is pathetic that at a time when the world needs strong leadership the United States is led by such incompetence.

God Bless those in harm’s way and the families of Flight 17,

Bill